RENEWAMERICA STAFF — On August 12, Callan Stone submitted to the Utah Supreme Court a formal Reply to Respondent's opposition to his Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, a critical brief he submitted to the Court on July 8... (more)

LLOYD MARCUS — Hello, America. The recording session for my Trump Train 2020 song could not have gone better. If you remember, my music producer is based in Baltimore. I asked him to gather singers to form a choir for the recording of the song. He reported back to me that all the singers he knows do not support Trump or are passionately against him. This prompted me to launch a clarion call for pro-America / pro-Trump singers. The response was tremendous.... (more)

CURTIS DAHLGREN — (Quoted by the Britannica from Grant Showerman's 'The Great Mother of Gods' [Bulletin of the University of WISCONSIN, No. 43, Madison, 1901].) Here are some more pithy excerpts from the Britannica: "During the brief revival of paganism under [Caesar] Eugenius in A.D. 394, occurred the last appearance of the cult in history [the last open one at least]....... (more)

FOX NEWS — There were two special elections in the state of North Carolina on Tuesday night. Both of them were billed as close races. In the end, Republicans won both of them, and they won handily. In the more competitive race in the Ninth District, Republican Dan Bishop finished substantially better than the last Republican who ran during the midterms just 10 months ago.... (more)

FOX NEWS — In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday ending all injunctions that had blocked the White House's ban on asylum for anyone trying to enter the U.S. by traveling through a third country, such as Mexico, without seeking protection there.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration, affirming in a 5-4 decision that federal authorities can arrest immigrants at any time for possible deportation after they have served time for other crimes.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The average voter identifies closer with President Donald Trump on ideologies than former Vice President Joe Biden and all other Democratic presidential contenders, according to a poll conducted by the University of South California and the LA Times, reports the Daily Caller.... (more)

PJ MEDIA — On Thursday before the third Democratic presidential debate in Houston, Texas, the Trump campaign is flying a banner warning that socialism will destroy Houston's economy. The ad is being flown from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. local time. The debate begins at 7 p.m. Central.... (more)

FOX NEWS — U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu has recommended moving forward with charges against Andrew McCabe, Fox News has learned, as the Justice Department rejects a last-ditch appeal from the former top FBI official and current CNN contributor. McCabe -- the former deputy and acting director of the FBI -- appealed the decision of the U.S. attorney for Washington all the way up to Jeffrey Rosen, the deputy attorney general, but he rejected that request, according to a person familiar with the situation.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump's 150th judicial nominee Wednesday, helping to fulfill the president's campaign promise to remake the federal bench with a conservative bent. Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham called the number of confirmations a "historic milestone." "These conservative judicial appointments will impact our nation for years to come," the South Carolina Republican said.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) derided her fellow Democratic presidential candidates during a recent interview for embracing permissive immigration policies, accusing them of support for "open borders." Asked if she believes "open borders" is a fair descriptor of the positions embraced by her Democratic primary opponents, Gabbard told YouTube host Dave Rubin that it was an accurate label and dismissed the oft-repeated Democratic rejoinder that conservatives use the phrase to tar their political adversaries.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Those who promote the belief in so-called "man-made climate change" may have a meltdown of their own upon learning this. A ship carrying 16 "climate-change warriors" looking to document purported melting ice conditions got trapped in ice last week in the Hinlopen Strait, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Liberals and Hollywood types in recent years have freely made unsubstantiated claims about conservative media, labeling outlets "haters," "propaganda" and "bigots." Now the One America News Network is pushing back with a defamation lawsuit filed Monday morning against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, her network and its owners.... (more)

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS — Todd Palin appears to have filed for divorce from former Alaska governor and one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, his wife of 31 years. In a document filed Friday in Anchorage Superior Court, Todd Palin, 55, asked to dissolve the marriage, citing an "incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife."... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — According to 2018 statistics from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about one in 59 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), up from the one in 68 in 2016. This updated CDC chart – from 2019 – reveals the shocking escalation of autism in the U.S., which is predicted to be one in every 40 children in the near future.... (more)

POLITICO — President Donald Trump's plan to force Mexico to stem the flow of migrants across the southwest border of the U.S. appears to be working. Border arrests, a metric for illegal crossings, plummeted to 51,000 in August, according to preliminary government figures obtained by POLITICO Wednesday, down more than 60 percent since a peak in May.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Saying his deal-breaking stance against a full withdrawal in Syria might have helped the U.S. keep troops there -- and slow the pullout in Afghanistan -- former Defense Secretary James Mattis will let the "historians" weigh his lasting impact on the Middle East and Afghanistan peace deal talks with Taliban leadership.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump's decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning reversal of efforts to forge a deal ending nearly 20 years of war in Afghanistan.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — If you were raised on Mister Rogers, you may find your tear ducts a little wobbly at the first plinking piano notes that play during the opening credits of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."... (more)

LIFE NEWS — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested Friday that unborn babies can be aborted up until they draw their first breath, saying parts of the Bible mention "how life begins with breath." The South Bend, Indiana, mayor spoke with "The Breakfast Club" on Friday morning about his comprehensive Douglass Plan, his thoughts on whether America is ready for a gay president, and whether black voters should vote for him.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — A study purporting to show area hate crimes tended to spike following Trump rallies, which went viral earlier this year, is fatally flawed in its methodology, according to a new analysis by two economics P.h.D. students at Harvard University.... (more)

REV. MARK H. CREECH — I am a registered lobbyist for the Christian Action League in the North Carolina General Assembly. The following thoughts stem from an experience I had this year in that role: During the recess of an NC House Alcoholic Beverage Control committee meeting this year, I overheard a lawmaker snidely say to another, "These Baptists and religious fanatics who rail against the perils of alcohol, I see these hypocrites in the liquor store. I see them buying their beer and wine at the grocery stores," to which he and the other person snickered while glancing back at me.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Joe Biden's "gaffes" aren't the real problem with his candidacy, contends former Obama White House adviser David Axelrod, it's the former vice president's regular habit of distorting his own record.... (more)